Some more Athlone photos...

View from my bed room window...captured this to get the glider in parachute, but didnt have zoom in my mobile..:-(

I meet him always on my way back from work...he posed for me today, when he saw that i was trying to get a snap!

 

i find these flowery bushes on either side of the road very beautiful!

 

the lilac flowers stood out in the crowd!

 

One year back, we used to stay here,an apt beside this road.

 

Our old neighborhood...

On my way to office...

(left)Motorway to Dublin ,  (right ) Motorway to Galway.

He(or she) just stood up and showed his(her) behind, when i came near...;-)

Spring in Athlone!

Some spring photos in Athlone....

As we can see cattle in India, horses graze in open fileds here...

I saw this ony my way to work....

 

A winding road with flower hedges on sides...

My way to work...only on spring and summer I can walk...else I will be frozen mid-way!

Spring even touched the lawn in front of aptments...

..even in my aptment

Fences are all flowery, now...after this season, not a flower will be there!

Hedges on Diskin Park near our aptmnt.

courtesy: this is my sony ericsson v-800, who did the capturing of these pictures, for me!

First Pay Day!

Today is my first salary day, here, in Ireland. I am as excited as a fresher from college who is about to get her first salary from her first job. Technically, this is my third job and ‘n-th’ salary. My first salary was 2500 Indian Rupees (45 Euros). Now that was back in December 1999. I got it on Christmas eve as a cheque, placed on my desk. That was the first time, I ever felt that I have some value or dignity. I felt like a worm till then.

 

 It really gave a big boost to my self-confidence. That was the ever memorable Christmas eve for me. I came late that evening, from work, with my first pay cheque, and God! Wasn’t that a wonderful feeling! On the way I saw the whole town about to celebrate Christmas and I felt a kind, soothing warmth covering my heart. On reaching home, I gave the cheque to mom, and she gave it back to me.

 

I don’t remember my first salary on second job. L I was too busy into the project then that I rarely noticed pay day coming and then going!

 

Now its May 2006.  Almost 6 yrs have gone. Still the excitement seems unchanged. I have so many plans for my first half salary (I started working only from May 15!). After 20% emergency tax cut down from it, there won’t be much left, I suppose, still whatever left, gives me excitement. (I still don’t know how much!).

 

I am so excited!!! I called mom and told her that, today my first salary will get credited to my bank account. I wanted to let her know. And I feel simply, so happy and satisfied!!!

And I want to scream aloud! “ Hey world…I love you so much! “.

 

I know it sounds silly…but happiness knows no silliness!!

Note:The pic is my original online bank statement , after I had my first salary transaction. The figures are blackened for privacy LOL!!

Beautiful Kerala, uncut...again!!

These photos I took while travelling from Trivandrum to Ernakulam by train. Once the city limits are off, there are alot of paddy fields, backwaters, coconut groves (for which kerala is famous for!) on either sides....

Tapioca fields....

Coconut groves....

Paddy fields...(u can see ppl reaping!)

Paddy fields which havent sowed!

Again coconut groves...

This was a sunset which I happened to see accidently from my home's terrace. It was accidental cos, i rarely go to my home-terrace.

Another view from my terrace (pls ignore the water tank of our neighbors)...Those yellow flowers are the "konna" flowers which are down, beside the road.

Those are the mangoes, which in fact can be plucked from the terrace, using bare hands!

Some aerial photos of Ireland.

I am very busy with my new schedule,that my back seems to threaten me with my "old" disc issues. So I will be posting mostly pictures in my coming blogs. But believe me, you will love it..Cos I have a very big collection with me....

Starting with...

Some aerial views of Ireland (mainly Dublin). These were taken by me,apparently on a fine cloudless morning, which was very rare phenomenon on March.

Cameras were not allowed inside airplane during take off and landing.But I couldnt waste the precious moment!

The sun was on my side of the window. It really helped me in making the pictures clear!

Ireland is the land of grasslands...Its rare to see a brown color  in these green meadows...even in town centres, every single piece of earth is made into lawn...(except for parking areas)

Aint the clouds sooo beautiful!!

 

Another one!

This is a much higher view! you can see Ireland as an island in the N.Atlantic and Irish sea....this always make me wonder how they made those atlases..

Some more photos....

me, mom, dad (1978)

 

mom,dad, me (1979)

 

mom and her college mates (1970)

can u identify mom??

me and my collegemates (1999)

can u identify me??

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dad's dad(left most) and mom's dad---my achachan (rightmost)

 

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Mom's dad --"the achachan" (left) and Dad's dad (right)-1997

Some B &W photos--story of a lifetime!

Swathi (1978)

 

Swathi (1982)

 

Swathi (2006, 2 weeks back, !!)

 

Dad & Mom(1976)

 

Dad & Mom(1995)

 

Mom & dad (2004)

 

MOM (1970)----does she has any resemblance with me????

...i think she looks like some old malayalam film actress...with all those kohl in her eyes !!

Guess who? Pretty easy?huh?

"Bees Saal Baad" a.k.a after 20 yrs!!

This is my cousin(left) and me (right), when we were 5 and 6 yrs old ....

 

 

Again us, (she is standing, and I am sitting) when we were 26 and 27 yrs old....(20 yrs later....)

Is there any change in appearance? i dont see anything....